Cindy Cohn, the EFF’s Executive Director, called the NSA’s support of strong encryption disingenuous during a cybersecurity conference panel Wednesday.

The FBI’s motion for a continuance in its case against Apple has opened a new avenue in this debate as to the identity and means by which the mystery “outside party” could unlock terrorist Syed Farook’s iPhone. Late yesterday afternoon, the FBI filed a motion to vacate a hearing scheduled for today in a Riverside,...